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Mission Hospital said Friday it was at capacity and asked patients – other than the critically ill – to seek medical care at primary-care physicians' offices or urgent cares if possible. The Asheville-based health system extended office hours at several primary-care locations to handle the large number of patients.

David Murdock's $15 million annual contribution, announced last year, will allow his namesake research institute in Kannapolis to expand the scope of its work. North Carolina A&T University and Duke University are expanding their laboratory space at the research campus, which was announced in 2005 and has grown slower than expected, in part due to the economic recession that began in December 2007.

Bank of America named Brett Carter chief operating officer for its Global Technology and Operations unit, which is headed by Charlotte-based Cathy Bessant. Carter was senior vice president of Duke Energy Carolinas and was chairman of the Charlotte Chamber in 2013.

MaxPoint Interactive raised $75 million in its initial public offering Friday. The digital-marketing company, which helps companies determine the best neighborhoods to sell their products, priced 6.5 million shares at $11.50, the mid-point of the range reported in SEC filings.

Southeastern Health in Lumberton will team up with Campbell University to develop an emergency-medicine residency program for the university's Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, which focuses on training doctors for rural and underserved communities.

Some investment bankers are seeing bonuses increase as much as 15%, according to a report from New York-based consultant Johnson Associates. Mortgage bankers are expected to see lower bonuses, as many of the biggest lenders lost market share last year. Many lenders tie bonuses to losses or gains in market share.

SAS slipped two spots to No. 4 on Fortune magazine's annual list of the best U.S. companies to work for. The Cary-based software company has appeared in the top 10 a dozen times and ranked second last year. Kimley-Horn and Associates, also based in Cary, was the only other North Carolina-based company on the list. The design consulting firm ranked No. 25.

Bank of America, Wells Fargo and BB&T all met minimum capital requirements under the Federal Reserve's latest stress tests, which are designed to make sure the nation's largest banks would be prepared in the event of another economic crisis.

South Carolina is a finalist for a Volvo auto plant, four state legislators told The State newspaper in Columbia. The plant would likely be located in the Charleston area, which also expects Daimler to announce this week plans for an expansion of its van-assembly plant that will add 1,000 jobs. London-based The Financial Times reported earlier this year that North Carolina and Kentucky were also pursuing the Swedish automaker's plant.